I have decided to do centers in my 6th grade social studies class with my advanced students first. I want to see how well this takes off. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get it started? I will need at least 6 centers. One will be a vocabulary one, the rest, I'm still up in the air about. I teach world history. Well will be covering China, Hebrews, and Judaism soon. I'm tired of the same old boring stuff!! I'm hoping this will work!!

One of the ways I used to organize my content was using the acronym GRAPES - Geography, Religion, Art and Architecture, Politics and Government, Economics, and Social Structures

So, you could maybe do:
G - Map center
R - research/coloring/matching of gods/goddesses
A - use playdough or other building materials to recreate famous art/buildings
P - have "scenarios" that students have to make decisions on using the old laws
E - recreate money, trading routes, sample products
S - research families/clothing/traditions - paper dolls with costumes

I'll be really interested to hear other replies and what you end up doing!

Thanks! That's a great idea! I may use some of those. I teach Science AND Social Studies. I will be flipping back to science next week, so I may try some of these ideas with science as well. I will keep you posted when we hit back into s.s in a few weeks!!